Quoting: sensonfire
After his conditioning stint, he had a bit of a good run, but has faltered a bit since then.
It's literally just 2 games though. 3 games ago he saved 30 of 32 shots against Montreal where they lost 2-1
From January 13th to February 26th, he had a 0.941 SV% in 11 games (only Shesterkin, Kuemper and Swayman did better)
Quoting: HOCKEYBOY448
Has he really been that awful. I winced at that contract when they signed it, but this is kinda surprising. Might try to deal him instead of being on the hook for 4 years of dead cap, but that’s just me.
Contract was really bad the moment it was signed as he was an injury prone goalie that had to re-find his game (so it was risky). 6.25 AAV is too high for goalies (despite their importance)
He's been good for the most part (outside of games #2 to #7 last season), but this team defense is barely NHL level and games like today, simply NOT NHL LEVEL... so it destroys his stats and people think he's bad. There's a lack of good defensive players but also coaching doesn't seem to know what they are doing at times, particularly on the road.
Ottawa has been a goalie cemetery for 5 seasons, Forsberg is the last "survivor" but his turn will come if nothing happens.